shock troopern.

Brit.

/ˈʃɒk ˌtruːpə/, U.S.

/ˈʃɑk ˌtrupər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: shock n.³, trooper n.

Etymology: < shock n.³ + trooper n., after shock troop n.

A soldier specially trained and equipped for carrying out sudden assaults, esp. against enemy strongholds; a member of a shock troop. Also figurative. Cf. storm trooper n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > storm-trooper or commando

shock trooper1918

storm trooper1918

commando1940

1918 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 16 Sept. 3/1 The wounded boy that was brought into the dressing station that night was not a ‘shock’ trooper. He had been in France only a few months.

1934 W. A. Edwards in F. R. Leavis Determinations 155 Swinburne, like some Soviet shock-trooper exhorting feeble comrades, batters and bullies us into thinking every playwright a demi-god.

1938 ‘G. Orwell’ Homage to Catalonia vii. 115 Simultaneously seventy Shock Troopers were to assault the next Fascist ‘position’.

1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Nov. 33/1 It is possible to see Laing as a sort of shock trooper who went ahead and took seriously ideas that had just been sketched by others.

2002 J. Gommans Mughal Warfare vi. 203 Mughal cavalry armies consisting of light mounted archers and heavy shock-troopers protected by bullet- and arrow-proof armour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shock trooper
释义	shock troopern. Brit. /ˈʃɒk ˌtruːpə/, U.S. /ˈʃɑk ˌtrupər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: shock n.³, trooper n. Etymology: < shock n.³ + trooper n., after shock troop n. A soldier specially trained and equipped for carrying out sudden assaults, esp. against enemy strongholds; a member of a shock troop. Also figurative. Cf. storm trooper n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > storm-trooper or commando shock trooper1918 storm trooper1918 commando1940 1918 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 16 Sept. 3/1 The wounded boy that was brought into the dressing station that night was not a ‘shock’ trooper. He had been in France only a few months. 1934 W. A. Edwards in F. R. Leavis Determinations 155 Swinburne, like some Soviet shock-trooper exhorting feeble comrades, batters and bullies us into thinking every playwright a demi-god. 1938 ‘G. Orwell’ Homage to Catalonia vii. 115 Simultaneously seventy Shock Troopers were to assault the next Fascist ‘position’. 1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Nov. 33/1 It is possible to see Laing as a sort of shock trooper who went ahead and took seriously ideas that had just been sketched by others. 2002 J. Gommans Mughal Warfare vi. 203 Mughal cavalry armies consisting of light mounted archers and heavy shock-troopers protected by bullet- and arrow-proof armour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1918
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